Stocks in the Spotlight Tuesday

Nordstrom rose. RadioShack, Foster Wheeler and Office Depot fell.

Shares of the upscale retailer gained 21% after reporting strong fourth-quarter earnings. Credit Suisse analyst Michael Exstein lowered the 2009 earnings-per-share estimate on Nordstrom to $1.28 from $1.52, cut the same-store-sales estimate to negative 11% from negative 7% and lowered the gross-margin estimate to 33.5% from 34.5%. "Partially offsetting these changes, we are increasing our service charge and other income estimate from $311 million to $350 million and reducing our selling, general and...